Dear Pennies & Pens, Last week, I published one of the most personal posts I have ever written. In that post, I revealed that I was mistreated by someone in my life. I wrote and published the post because I…
Dear Pennies & Pens, I am so beyond hype to announce that I’ve got some new ink coming soon to a page near you. Over the past few months, I took a much needed extended break from my business, blog…
Dear Pennies & Pens, I’m supposed to be asleep right now. But I can’t sleep because the Queen Mother told me to get up and declare: It’s the Year of the Dark Skin Girl. The other day, I was daydreaming…
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all know, I’ve been on an extended break from my business, blog and social media. I’m slowly but surely getting into the swing of things as I prepare to relaunch ISLP with a brand…
Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all know, I’ve been on a break since April. This break has truly been life changing!!! I feel like a completely different person. Like I feel so much more positive and uplifted. I don’t…
Dear Pennies & Pens, First off, my apologies for disappearing! Honestly, Pennies & Pens, I meant to make an official announcement but then I decided not to because I just didn’t want to deal with the responses. I have needed/wanted…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This post features Cacha and Pen: 2 Dope Broke Girls aka chapter 2 from my book, The Loudest Pen Ever. Each week, I am dropping a new post and video as a part of my audiobook…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, #MakeUrPenLoud: How To Find Content For Your Blog, I am going to talk about the different things you can do to find blog content for your lifestyle site. This post is a part…
Dear Pennies & Pens, In this post, Live Loud: How Can I Help You, I ask one simple question which is: how can I help you? In these uncertain times, I want to spread and give love wherever possible. I…
Dear Pennies & Pens, This post features Chapter 1: The Pentro from my book, The Loudest Pen Ever. A few weeks ago, I came up with the idea to do an audiobook series for this book, my second. I figured…








